HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

1555

1995 T131.12

Manton

Markey

Mascara

Matsui

McCarthy

McDermott

McHale

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Mfume

Miller (CA)

Minge

Mink

Moakley

Mollohan

Montgomery

Moran

Murtha

Nadler

Neal

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Ortiz

Orton

Owens

Pallone

Pastor

Payne (NJ)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Peterson (MN)

Pickett

Pomeroy

Poshard

Rahall

Rangel

Reed

Richardson

Rivers

Roemer

Rose

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Sawyer

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Serrano

Sisisky

Skaggs

Skelton

Slaughter

Spratt

Stark

Stenholm

Stokes

Studds

Stupak

Tanner

Taylor (MS)

Thompson

Thornton

Thurman

Torkildsen

Torres

Torricelli

Towns

Traficant

Velazquez

Vento

Visclosky

Volkmer

Ward

Watt (NC)

Waxman

Wilson

Wise

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

NOT VOTING—13

Crane

Fields (LA)

Flake

Johnson (CT)

Lazio

Martinez

Morella

Payne (VA)

Roth

Tejeda

Tucker

Waters

Williams

So the resolution was agreed to.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby said resolution was agreed to

was, by unanimous consent, laid on the

table.

T131.8 MEDICARE PRESERVATION

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

LAHOOD, pursuant to House Resolution 238 and rule XXIII, declared the

House resolved into the Committee of

the Whole House on the state of the

Union for the consideration of the bill

(H.R. 2425) to amend title XVIII of the

Social Security Act to preserve and reform the medicare program.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

LAHOOD, by unanimous consent, designated Mr. LINDER as Chairman of

the Committee of the Whole; and after

some time spent therein,

The Committee rose informally to receive a message from the President.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

STEARNS, assumed the Chair.

T131.9 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

A message in writing from the President of the United States was communicated to the House by Mr. Edwin

Thomas, one of his secretaries.

The Committee resumed its sitting;

and after some further time spent

therein,

T131.10 CALL IN COMMITTEE

Mr. LINDER, Chairman, announced

that the Committee, having had under

consideration said bill, finding itself

without a quorum, directed the Members to record their presence by electronic device, and the following-named

Members responded—

T131.11 [Roll No. 728]

ANSWERED ‘‘PRESENT’’—419

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Allard

Andrews

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baesler

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Baldacci

Ballenger

Barcia

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Barrett (WI)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Bereuter

Bevill

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bishop

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Boehner

Bonilla

Bonior

Bono

Borski

Boucher

Brewster

Browder

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bryant (TX)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Cardin

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clay

Clayton

Clement

Clinger

Clyburn

Coble

Coburn

Coleman

Collins (GA)

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Combest

Condit

Conyers

Cooley

Costello

Cox

Coyne

Cramer

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Danner

Davis

de la Garza

Deal

DeFazio

DeLauro

DeLay

Dellums

Deutsch

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Dooley

Doolittle

Dornan

Doyle

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Durbin

Edwards

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

Engel

English

Ensign

Eshoo

Evans

Everett

Ewing

Farr

Fattah

Fawell

Fazio

Fields (TX)

Filner

Flake

Flanagan

Foglietta

Foley

Forbes

Ford

Fowler

Fox

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Funderburk

Furse

Gallegly

Ganske

Gejdenson

Gephardt

Geren

Gibbons

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Gonzalez

Goodlatte

Goodling

Gordon

Goss

Graham

Green

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutierrez

Gutknecht

Hall (OH)

Hall (TX)

Hamilton

Hancock

Hansen

Harman

Hastert

Hastings (FL)

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Hefner

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hilliard

Hinchey

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Holden

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Jackson-Lee

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnson (CT)

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E.B.

Johnson, Sam

Johnston

Jones

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kasich

Kelly

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

Kim

King

Kingston

Kleczka

Klink

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaFalce

LaHood

Lantos

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Leach

Levin

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (GA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Lincoln

Linder

Lipinski

Livingston

LoBiondo

Lofgren

Longley

Lowey

Lucas

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Manzullo

Markey

Martinez

Martini

Mascara

Matsui

McCarthy

McCollum

McDade

McDermott

McHale

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Metcalf

Meyers

Mfume

Mica

Miller (CA)

Miller (FL)

Minge

Mink

Moakley

Molinari

Mollohan

Montgomery

Moorhead

Moran

Morella

Murtha

Myers

Myrick

Nadler

Neal

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Ortiz

Orton

Owens

Oxley

Packard

Pallone

Parker

Pastor

Paxon

Payne (NJ)

Payne (VA)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pickett

Pombo

Pomeroy

Porter

Portman

Poshard

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Rahall

Ramstad

Rangel

Reed

Regula

Richardson

Riggs

Rivers

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Rose

Roth

Roukema

Roybal-Allard

Royce

Rush

Sabo

Salmon

Sanders

Sanford

Sawyer

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Serrano

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Sisisky

Skaggs

Skeen

Skelton

Slaughter

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Spratt

Stark

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stokes

Studds

Stump

Talent

Tanner

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Thomas

Thompson

Thornberry

Thornton

Thurman

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Torres

Torricelli

Towns

Traficant

Upton

Velazquez

Vento

Visclosky

Volkmer

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Ward

Waters

Watt (NC)

Watts (OK)

Waxman

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Wilson

Wise

Wolf

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

Young (FL)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NOT VOTING—13

Berman

Chapman

Fields (LA)

Frank (MA)

Frost

Gekas

Hoyer

McCrery

Stupak

Tejeda

Tucker

Williams

Young (AK)

Thereupon, Mr. LINDER, Chairman,

announced that 419 Members had been

recorded, a quorum.

The Committee resumed its business.

After some further time,

T131.12 RECORDED VOTE

A recorded vote by electronic device

was ordered in the Committee of the

Whole on the following amendment in

the nature of a substitute submitted by

Mr. Gibbons:

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:

TITLE XV—MEDICARE

SEC. 15000. SHORT TITLE OF TITLE; AMENDMENTS AND REFERENCES TO OBRA;

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TITLE.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited

as the ‘‘Medicare Enhancement Act of 1995’’.

(b) AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY

ACT.—Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this title an amendment

is expressed in terms of an amendment to or

repeal of a section or other provision, the

reference shall be considered to be made to

that section or other provision of the Social

Security Act.

(c) REFERENCES TO OBRA.—In this title,

the terms ‘‘OBRA–1986’’, ‘‘OBRA–1987’’,

‘‘OBRA–1989’’, ‘‘OBRA–1990’’, and ‘‘OBRA–

1993’’ refer to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–509), the

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987

(Public Law 100–203), the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–

239), the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

of 1990 (Public Law 101–508), and the Omnibus

Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public

Law 103–66), respectively.

(d) TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TITLE.—The

table of contents of this title is as follows:

Subtitle A—Provisions Relating to Medicare

Part A

Sec. 15001. Reductions in inflation updates

for inpatient hospital services.